North Texas pothole gets filled with potted plant, fills community with Christmas spirit

By Fernando Ramirez Published 1:26 pm CST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 A Texas woman recently planted a small shrub inside a pothole to try to draw attention to it. >>> See Houston streets with the most pothole repair requests to 311 A Texas woman recently planted a small shrub inside a pothole to try to draw attention to it. >>> See Houston streets with the most pothole repair requests to 311 Photo: Ashley Wiley Photo: Ashley Wiley Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close Image 1 of 23 A Texas woman recently planted a small shrub inside a pothole to try to draw attention to it. >>> See Houston streets with the most pothole repair requests to 311 A Texas woman recently planted a small shrub inside a pothole to try to draw attention to it. >>> See Houston streets with the most pothole repair requests to 311 Photo: Ashley Wiley North Texas pothole gets filled with potted plant, fills community with Christmas spirit 1 / 23 Back to Gallery Houston’s potholes are notoriously deep and numerous, but we could learn a thing or two from a Fort Worth area superhero. On Wednesday, Wise County resident Ashley Wiley planted a small shrub inside a pothole. “It’s been there for 10 years,” Wiley said of the pothole. “Everybody’s been tearing up their vehicles. The day before I planted it, someone left their front bumper in the hole.” To her surprise, locals began to festively decorate the tiny plant in a show of support. “There’s tinsel, solar panel… [Read full story]